A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION AND ITS SEQUELAE IN ALASKAN NATIVES

The Lancet

Volumn 330, Issue 8568, 1987, Pages 1134-1136

  McMahon, BrianJ ^a   Heyward, WilliamL ^b   Ritter, Donald ^c   Wainwright, RobertB ^b   Rhoades, EverettR ^a   Tower, Elizabeth ^c   Lanier, AnneP ^b   Helminiak, Clare ^a  

^a INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

EID: 0023617222     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(87)91557-1     Document Type: Article

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